KARIBU Unit 3 | Transatlantic Slave Trade | Reading Guide Activities Quiz Answer Key | Grades 6 to 12

This unit does not look away.

The transatlantic slave trade is one of the most important and most painful chapters in African history and it deserves to be taught with honesty and care. This unit covers the triangular trade, the Middle Passage, the scale of what happened, where enslaved Africans were taken, resistance including the Haitian Revolution and Maroon communities, and the lasting legacy that shaped the world we live in today.

Everything is written at the right level for middle and high school students. Honest, age-appropriate, and fact-checked.

Includes a reading guide with Did You Know fact boxes, 16 vocabulary terms, timeline and discussion activities, a crossword puzzle, a two-level quiz for middle school and high school, and a complete answer key.

This is Unit 3 of the 12-unit KARIBU African Studies curriculum.